Building a Headless WordPress App with REST API
Headless applications use content management systems like WordPress as data resources and present the data independently. In this course, Morten Rand-Henriksen shows how to build these data-driven front-end applications on top of the WordPress REST API. Follow along with the evolution of the course project, Task Book, a standalone app using WordPress REST API to receive and send data using authenticated requests over OAuth2, as Morten explains key concepts and techniques. Find out how to build a basic plugin to add new content types, roles, capabilities, and fields to WordPress and the REST API; set up authentication with OAuth2; and configure the headless app logic with JavaScript. Plus, find out how to display task data and generate simple charts using the Chart.js library.

Instructor
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Instructor, educator, speaker at LinkedIn Learning, helping people master WordPress, the web, and online communication.
Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a web designer and developer.
Morten has a passion for clean design, standards-based code, and open-source software like WordPress. He has published several books, articles, and videos on these topics and is a popular speaker at conferences. Running a small boutique-style digital media company, he divides his time evenly between building web solutions and teaching others how to do things right and get the most out of the web. Morten grew up in Norway and made Canada his home in 2002.
Video Details
- Full Video Tutorials
- Video File Format: MP4
- Instructor: Morten Rand-Hendriksen